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imasoftov

Mon, Jan 14 2019, 10:52 am

yaharog, counted four pages, only a few of which were made of posts of me pointing out the error.

Well it is a correct way to say something else, just not what they want to say.

salt

Mon, Jan 14 2019, 2:41 pm

Chickpea wrote:

I know it's not English but it irks me when I see *yom tov* spelled as yuntif.
YOM TOV Yes

And sholoshuduss instead of seuda shlishit!

SecretNinjaMom

Mon, Jan 14 2019, 3:50 pm

Please write “because” not “cuz”

Thanks

—I had to throw that in there.

Hatemywig

Sat, Jan 19 2019, 10:24 pm

MEASLES not MEASELS

Orchid

Sat, Jan 19 2019, 10:29 pm

Nifta
Yizka

(that's niftar and yizkor, for non NY-ers)

Surrendered

Sat, Jan 19 2019, 10:35 pm

Bli Neder. It's not Blue Neder.

chicco

Sun, Jan 20 2019, 1:06 am

How is a lot not already on this list?

I am so surprised every time I come across alot. It is even worse when in an effort to stress their point it becomes ALOT.

Amelia Bedelia

Thu, Jan 24 2019, 12:13 am

Strept. I cannot figure out where this comes from. It's such a common error (and I think most people don't realize that strep is short for streptococcus, so why do so many people call it that?!?)

Chana Miriam S

Thu, Jan 24 2019, 12:17 am

pause wrote:

Let's keep homonyms and similar-sounding words out of this thread (their/there, loose/lose, etc.)

separate

You mean seperate?

Chana Miriam S

Thu, Jan 24 2019, 1:14 am

Declutering

watergirl

Thu, Jan 24 2019, 6:30 am

Orchid wrote:

Nifta
Yizka

(that's niftar and yizkor, for non NY-ers)

And “draw” when they are talking about the thing that you put clothes in. It’s DRAWER.

pause

Fri, Jan 25 2019, 9:33 am

Amelia Bedelia wrote:

Strept. I cannot figure out where this comes from. It's such a common error (and I think most people don't realize that strep is short for streptococcus, so why do so many people call it that?!?)

If you can shorten streptococcus to strep, who says you can't shorten it a bit less and include that "t"? I never understood why people get up in arms about others who use non-words differently. Abbreviations aren't official; you can shorten long word however you want!

MiriFr

Fri, Jan 25 2019, 10:19 am

This is not misspelled, but it DRIVES ME INSANE when people say/type it.

I could care less.

No. Nonononono. N.O. THATS NOT CORRECT. It should be "I COULDN'T care less".

SixOfWands

Fri, Jan 25 2019, 10:25 am

momsrus wrote:

Rediculous

Just quoting this because it's like nails on a chalkboard to me.

Last edited by SixOfWands on Fri, Jan 25 2019, 10:32 am; edited 1 time in total

rgr

Fri, Jan 25 2019, 10:28 am

Nifta
Don't know why that one bothers me so much

ETA
Sorry, I see it was mentioned upthread

watergirl

Fri, Jan 25 2019, 10:33 am

pause wrote:

Because in the medical world, its known as “strep throat ”. Not “strept throat”. Google strept throat. Its not simply an abbreviation, its a common name for an illness. Strept is literally incorrect. Strep is actually official.

Cheiny

Fri, Jan 25 2019, 11:33 am

salt wrote:

And sholoshuduss instead of seuda shlishit!

People who say/write shaloshudiss are not mispronouncing/misspelling Seuda shlishit....the term they don’t realize they’re butchering is Shalosh Seudos.

Cheiny

Fri, Jan 25 2019, 11:33 am

SecretNinjaMom wrote:

Please write “because” not “cuz”

Thanks

—I had to throw that in there.

I think OP meant spelling mistakes, not shortcut words or abbreviations...,

rosenbal

Fri, Jan 25 2019, 11:45 am

Learnt
The English word is "learned".
It's also on ALL newsletters that come home from school!!! That really drives me nuts.

watergirl

Fri, Jan 25 2019, 11:58 am

Costed is not a word. Its cost. Its mentioned all the time and persists.

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